Watch-guard.



JPATENTED APRyls, 1907.

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THE Nnams PET REGINALD SEBA POPE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

WATCH-GUARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 16, 1907.

Application filed January 19,1907. Serial No. 353,116.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, REGINALD SEBA POPE, a citizen of the United States,residing at Boston, in the county of Suffolk and Commonwealth ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWatch-Guards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to watchguards, and particularly to a guard forpreventing the loss of the watch by accident or theft from the pocket ofthe owner. In an article of this sort it is necessary to have ease ofapplication and adjustment, so that the guard may be applied to thewatch without tools or mechanical skill and so that the finish andappearance of the Watch will not be marred by its attachment. To thisend I have devised a guard which may be readily sprung into place andwhich will be self-adjusting and automatic and at the same timebe sosimple in structure as to be proof against the necessity of rep airs andcap able of production, even in precious metals, at a nominal cost.

The device consists of a stem-embracing member fitted with safety-hooksformed and arranged so. as to assume proper operative position in thepocket and applicable by simple pressure to the watch-stem. The form andarrangement of these parts will be more fully described in thespecification which follows and are shown in the drawings, which form apart thereof, in which 1 Figure 1 is a view of my device applied to awatch; Fig. 2, a plan view, and Fig. 3 a front view thereof.

1 is a resilient encircling loop made substantially circular in form andof about the size of a watch-stem. The ends of 1 approach at 2 toembrace the stem when in place. These ends then diverge, as at 3, topractically the diameter of the loop 1, so that the stem will be guidedbetween the ends and gradually spring them apart togain access to thespace within the loop 1.

4 are depending safety-hooks adapted to engage with the fabric of thegarment. These books drop below the plane of the loop 1 sufliciently tomake them seek the flattened surface of the face or back of the watchand so be in contact with the walls of the pocket. '1 he hooks aresharpened at 5.

The guard is applied to the Watch by simply placing the diverging throat3 against the stem of the watch and pressing on the loop till theportions 2 spring apart sufliciently to allow the stem to enter theloop 1. l/Vhen in place, the portions 2 close against and around thestem and hold the guard in place. The hooks will readily arrangethemselves on the face or back of the Watch, and

if displaced will tend to seek such an arrangement.

In removing the watch from the pocket the fingers of the user shield thehooks from the fabric; but a pull upon the Watch-chain or an upturningof the pocket causes the hooks at once to engage the wall of the pocketand prevents the escape of the watch from it.

l/Vhat I therefore claim, and desire to se cure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a device of the class described, a resilient stem-encircling loop.having ends approaching each other, said ends terminating in diverginghooks.

2. In a device of the class described, the combination of a resilientstem-encircling loop having ends approaching each other, said endsthereafter diverging, and a guard- .hook de endin below the lane of saidstem loop.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence'of two wltnesses.

REGINALD SEBA POPE.

Witnesses:

INALTER L. CAME. ELL1s SPEAK, Jr.

